Playing-cards.



H. L. GASKILL. PLAYING CARDS. APPLICATION FILED JULY 21, 1911.

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PLAYING CARDS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21, 1911.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed J'u1y 21', 1911. Serial in. 639,789.

a citizen of the United States, residing at' York, in the county of York and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Imgrovementsin Playing-Cards; and

I do here y. declare the followingto be a full, clear,zand exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. v

This invention relates to playingcards, divided into several suits.

An object of the invention is to provide erent games may be'played.

. Another object is to provide a deck of cards having several suits, each suit being of adifl'erent color and having some of its cards provided with double centers, these cards possessin values different from the values of the ot er cards.

Another object is to rovide a deck of cards of the above state character divided into suits, the cards of each suit having pips or spots of a color different from those on the cards of the other suits, the pips of each suit having numbers thereon of a color of one of the other suits of the deck, and, -.a further object is to provide a deck of cards with which an unlimited number of games may, be. played, some of the ames requirin rapid calculations and t us being educational as well as entertainin'g, this new deck of cards serving to take the place .of the old and well known playing cards commonly called the gamblers deck. 7

Other objects and advantages will be here-v inafter set forth and pointed out in the specification and claims.

In the accompanying drawings which are made a art of this application, Figures -1, 2, 3 and 4 are views of the faces of the eleventh card of the respective suits, and, Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8 are similar views of the double ones of the respective suits. 4

Referring to the drawings in which simi-- lar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, A, B, C- and D to represent the cards of the different suits, the pips or spots of the suit A being preferably red, as shown at 1, and having the numeral 2 thereon in blue, while the pips or spots 1 of suit B are blue and have stamped or otherwise marked thereon.

in red the numeral 2. The pips or. spots 1 playing cards with which a number of dif-' Patented Dec. 12', 1911.

cards, but I prefer to liinitthe' number in each suit to 15, the cards of the deck being numbered from one to fifteen in each suit.

I have chosenthe heart as the symbol and each card is provided with one heart of the proper color in the center of the face thereof and a heart shaped pip or spot preferably at the opposite corners thereof. Two cards of 'each suit, however, (preferably the first and the thirteenth) are called doubles, and instead of being provided with one heart in the centerof the face, they are each provided with two hearts oppositely positioned in the center of the face. They are likewise provided with double pips or spots at the corners thereof, the hearts forming the corner pips being also op ositely positioned, but run together, .as.w1ll

referring to the drawings. These doubles may be used for various purposes and mav be given difi'erent values in relation to the other cards of the respective suits when playing difierentgames.

The deck, containing sixty cards, is thoroughly shuffled and dealt in the ordinary manner, the number of cards given to each player and thenumber of players beingdetermined by the game which is to be played with the cards. F or example, in playing one of the many ames which may be played with this deck of cards, the double one may be clearly seen by be considered the high card, the fifteenth card being next in value, the fourteenth next and so on down to the two, which is the I lowest card of the suit. The double thirteen, in this instance, may be used as a-joker, and used to changethe trump from one suit to another, as will be later fully understood. To more clearly illustrate, we will say that there are four players and after six or eight cards have been dealt to each of the players,

the players bid for the privilege of naming the trump, the suit named trump being higher in value than any of the other suits. A ter the trump has been named, the highest bidder starts the game by playing a card from the suit which he has selected for trump. The play then goes to the left, each player playing a trump card, if he holds one, the player playing the card of the highest value taking the trick. He (the one taking the trick) then plays the first card of the next trick. After the first trick has been taken, the player winning the trick may play a card of the trum suit, or of another suit, as he chooses. S ould a player hold a double thirteen, not a trump, he may play the same when it becomes his turn provided it is the first card of the trick or played on a trick on which there has been no trump card played. By thus playing his double thirteen, the player changes the trump to the suit to which his double thirteen belongs.

For further illustration we will'say that the red suit is trump and in the first trick of the hand player, A (who made the trump) plays a red double one-B plays a red nine- C plays a red twelveand the last player, D, plays a red fifteen. Player A, playing the double one, trump, takes the trick and plays first on the next trick. On this trick he (player A) plays a yellow fifteenplayer B plays yellow tenC plays a black twelveand D has a double thirteen of the blue suit, which he plays, thus changing the trump to the blue suit and taking the trick.

There are many other methods which may be employed for playing games with these cards, the above paragraphs giving only one of the many games which may be played with this deck. But it is evident that the double one may be termed the lowest card of the suit, for example, or a different value may be given to the double thirteen. It will also be seenthat as the pips or spots of the red suit are numbered with blue numbers, while the blue suit cards have their number pips or spots numbered with red numbers,

and the yellow pips or spots of the suit of the same color are provided with black numbers, while the black pips, or-spots of the fourth suit have yellow numbers thereupon, the suits may readily be paired for certain ames, either old or new.

It wi 1 thus be seen that I have provided a deck of playing cards with which numerous games may be played and which will tend to take the place of the old well known playing cards commonly called the Gramblers deck of cards. It will also be evident that these cards may be used for playsymbol but of a different color, the cards of each suit having corner pips or spots of the same design and color as its symbol .which latter is located in the centers of the cards, the corner pips of each suit having value indicating numerals thereon corresponding in color to another suit, and doubles for each suit.

2. In combination, a deck of playing cards divided into a plurality of suits having colored pips or spots, the pips or spots of each suit being of a different color and having value indicating numerals thereon of a color corresponding to another suit, the color of all of the value indicating numerals of each suit being the same, a trump changing card for each suit, said trump changing card having double pips or spots, and a high card for each suit.

3. A deck of playing cards comprising in combination a plurality 'of suits having heart shaped pips or spots upon the center and at corners of each card, all of the pips or spots of each suit being of one color, the pips or spots of each suit being of a different color, each card of each suit having a mark of valuation upon the pips or spots thereof, each mark of valuation upon the cards of each suit being of a color corresponding to the color of the pips or spots of another suit, all of the marks of valuation, on the cards of each suit being of one color, and two cards of each suit provided with double pips, one of the cards provided with double pips being the highest card of that suit while the other card provided with the double pips or spots is the trump changing card for changing the trump to that suit.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY LEE GASKILL.

Witnesses:

M. R. HARPER, R. E. STRUNK. 

